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The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I), Asia’s oldest industry body, has opened a new office at Siliguri in northern part of West Bengal.
The main objective of the Siliguri office will be facilitating the issue of “origin of certificates” facilitating export of goods, Ambarish Dasgupta, President, BCC&I, said.
Considered to be the gateway of north Bengal and the North Eastern states as well as neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh, Siliguri is now an economic centre in itself with timber, tea, transport and tourism accounting as the main businesses. The road network through Siliguri is also used for transporting rice and other commodities.
The Siliguri office is expected to help the Chamber work more closely with the many industrial/trade associations in the region, paving the way for more dynamic growth of trade and commerce there, it said in a release.
“The new Siliguri office of the Bengal Chamber will help to establish Siliguri as a gateway for trade, commerce and industry in eastern and north-eastern India, and help Siliguri make deeper inroads into mainstream industrial activity,” Dasgupta added.
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